Vintage Persian Box Pattern Gabbeh Rug

A Mid-Century colorful Persian Gabbeh rug. 4'5'' x 6'7''

A Mid-20th Century Persian Gabbeh rug Measures: 4'8'' x 6'11''.

Mid-20th Century Persian Gabbeh rug with an all-over checkerboard design Measures: 4'' x 7'.

A Mid-20th Century Persian gabbeh colorful square rug. Measures: 5''' x 6'6''.

An authentic one-of-a-kind antique Persian Gabbeh rug in ivory and olive green shades. 3'10'' x 6'2'' Persian Gabbeh rugs are made with extra high pile and very simple, graphic des...

Mid 20th century Tribal Persian Gabbeh rug Measures: 4'1'' x 6'8''.

A shaggy hand-knotted Persian Gabbeh rug with camel and beige chevron like patterning.

A vintage Persian Gabbeh modernist carpet from the mid-20th century. A vintage Persian Gabbeh rug. The khaki field of this small square tribal scatter is closely covered by a nested ...

A vintage Persian Gabbeh rug from the mid-20th century.

A vintage Persian Gabbeh rug woven by the nomadic Qashqai tribe. This is definitely a conversational piece and one created for an artsy individual that can enjoy the quirkiness of vintage tribal rugs. Aside from the offset medallion and highly striated field ranging from brick to crimson red, the text reading "year 2536 (intended, most likely, for the year the rug was made)" is peculiar regardless if its source is from the Persian calendar (current year: 1397) or the Gregorian calendar (current year: 2018). Was the weaver an innumerate individual that lacked basic education and just slapped on some nonsensical numbers of a futuristic date onto the rug? Or, was this an extremely intelligent individual that possessed a skill that very few have? The ability to convert the old imperial Persian (Achaemenid) calendar created in 559 BC under Cyrus the Great...

A vintage Persian Gabbeh rug from the mid-20th century.

A vintage Persian Gabbeh carpet from the mid-20th century.